Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at Townhall on Biden's State of the Union address. President Biden’s State of the Union address contained many false and misleading claims about crime and guns. Biden: “COVID left other scars, like the spike in violent...
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At Real Clear Politics: Gun Control Laws Backfiring in California
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. The piece also appeared at Zero Hedge. . After the three public shootings over the last two weekends in California, Democrats are again clamoring for even more gun control laws. To California Gov. Gavin...
At The Federalist: False Statistics Fly As California Democrats Push For Gun Control Laws That Failed Already
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist. . The per capita rate of mass shootings was much higher in California than in the rest of the U.S., despite the state having the strictest gun control laws in the country. . After Friday’s mass public shooting in Israel...
At Real Clear Politics: New Gun Regulation Handicaps the Disabled
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics on Biden's latest gun control regulations. The piece also appeared in The Daily Signal; The Epoch Times; Zero Hedge; Rights, Justice, & Culture News; Headline USA; USSA News; and NRN. . The Biden...
At The Federalist: Alec Baldwin Lost Any Credible Defense When He Violated The First Rule Of Gun Safety
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at the Federalist on the involuntary manslaughter charges brought against Alec Baldwin. . News broke Thursday that prosecutors will charge actor Alec Baldwin with two counts of involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of “Rust”...
At The Federalist: How Hollywood Uses TV Shows To Lie About Good Guys With Guns
Dr. John Lott has another piece at The Federalist. . When an armed robber barged into Ranchito #4 Taqueria on Jan. 4, almost every customer froze with fear. But one good Samaritan, an unnamed 46-year-old man, quickly jumped into action to protect everyone...
At Fox News: My stalker murdered my husband. Here’s how you can protect yourself
Nikki Goeser has a new piece at Fox News. . January 2023 marks the nineteenth annual National Stalking Awareness Month. As a victim of a very serious and violent case of stalking, I wanted to share my own experience and bring awareness to what stalking is, how it can...
At Real Clear Politics: A Response to the Media on Brazil
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics on what is happening in Brazil. The piece also appeared in The Epoch Times. . Although one wouldn’t know it from the media coverage of gun control, the best social science has shown that law-abiding citizens...
At Townhall: Will Phobias About AR-15s Keep Schools From Adopting This Innovative Product?
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall. . Time is of the essence in mass public shootings. Civilians and police stop a lot of mass murders by carrying handguns, but sometimes you need a larger round than is available in a traditional handgun. It often simply isn’t...
At the Hartford Courant: Connecticut Governor Lamont’s plan to expand prohibition on ‘grandfathered’ firearms a losing proposition
Dr. John Lott has a piece at the Hartford Courant with Holly Sullivan, the president of the Connecticut Citizen's Defense League. Connecticut likely will lose the lawsuit against the state’s current assault weapon ban. Still, instead of learning lessons from...
At Real Clear Politics: CDC Basing Funding Decisions Largely on Politics, Not Science
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. This piece was also carried by the Epoch Times, Florida Daily, The Fairfield Sun Times (Tennessee), The Bharat Express News (India), MSN, and the Highland County Press (Ohio). . For the second year in a row,...
At the Washington Times: Why aren’t stalked women ever told to get a gun for self-defense?
Dr. John Lott has a piece with Holly Sullivan, the president of the Connecticut Citizen Defense League, on violence against women and the poor advice that women are usually given to protect themselves. . On this past Tuesday night, Ewen Dewitt brutally murdered...







